of sorts

Meaning

of sorts

(idiomatic) Resembling; similar to; in a way; partially or not entirely.
He wrote a polite retraction, as an apology of sorts for his harsh words.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

kind of

Examples

It's a purging of sorts. Like, when you're all done doing your laundry and it's fresh and bright, but washing the clothes, you wouldn't want to get in while it's spinning around. Maynard James Keenan

I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings. Bruce Springsteen

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom. Gary Cole

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts. Harold Ramis

Look, everybody in journalism has a reputation of sorts. Bernard Goldberg

The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America. Russ Feingold

Words in the phrase

of sorts

Close letter words and terms

of someone's own choice of someone's own free wil of sorrow of soul of sound judgement of sound mind